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Poll: firing Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It?: Today's poll deals with a scenario a friend of mine recently found himself in. The problem is simple and all-too-common, but its potential solutions are complex. Your Dilemma: Your boss demands that you fire a subordinate, and you know this is because the two just don't seem...; Tags: William Baker, firing, problem-I; Blog posts 2008-04-15
How To Fire A Family Member: Canning anyone is like firing a torpedo at a military target. Firing a family member is akin to shooting at a ship teeming with widows and orphans. That means it's critical to bear a few strategies in mind to make the split as amicable as possible. A family member hired...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., firing, strategy; White papers
Coen Gas Burner Upgrade Is Successful at Bell Bay Units 1 & 2: Coen's Utility Combustion Systems team was competitively selected to furnish retrofittable gas burner equipment to eliminate boiler vibration and load derating at Bell Bay Units 1 & 2 in Tasmania. Due to constraints imposed by the plant owner, it was mandatory that the boilers be able to deliver maximum load...; Tags: burner, firing, scanner, team; Case studies
Low BTU Gas Powers Steel Plant: De Jong-Coen has been awarded with an order for the burner installation for an auxiliary boiler at a steel plant in Italy. The firing system had to be designed for firing Blast Furnace Gas (BFG), Coke Oven Gas (COG) and Natural Gas (NG). The auxiliary steam boiler will produce the...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, steam, turbine, natural gas, firing; Case studies
5 Stupid Things To Say When firing Someone: The reason for any termination is important, of course. You don't want to fall afoul of state or federal laws or stray far from company policies, whether set by past precedent or formally lay out in a handbook. To maintain perspective, picture yourself on the other side of the desk....; Tags: Microsoft Corp., termination, firing, performance; White papers

Combustion Equipment Refurbishment at East River 70: East River 70 is a 185 MW wall-fired Foster Wheeler boiler, capable of firing natural gas and No. 6 oil. The boiler has 18 burners with a compartmented windbox. No controls for NOx emissions were available. Coen's scope included design, fabrication, installation supervision and equipment commissioning. The new hardware was...; Tags: Manufacturing, outage, firing, wall, hardware; Case studies
Cogeneration Plant Uses Waste Gas: The electricity company EPZ built a co-generation plant on the premises of DSM. The plant will produce 233 MW electricity and 300 tons/hr of steam. The plant comprises one gas turbine and two waste heat boilers each with a duct burner for supplementary firing natural gas and/or waste gases of...; Tags: burner, turbine, firing; Case studies
NOx Reduction System Retrofit on a 55-MW Gas-Fired Boiler: Coen's Performance & Environmental Services team was competitively selected to furnish low NOx retrofit technology to reduce NOx emissions by 85% to 0.06 lb/MBtu at a 55-MW utility boiler plant. Coen proposed the 0.06 lb/MBtu NOx guarantee by minimizing modifications to the plant, while preserving boiler operating flexibility and load...; Tags: firing, scanner, backup, team, performance; Case studies
New iScan Flame Scanner Handles Tough Application: Coen's new iScan flame scanner performed flawlessly after installation on a multiple burner boiler at The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. One iScan scanner mounted on each burner discriminated between burner flames while scanning gas, oil and pilot flames at all firing rates. Previously, the CDC experienced...; Tags: Scanners, burner, firing, scanner; Case studies
10 Strategies Before firing A Poor Performer: It's critical to be as straightforward as possible. If things simply don't get better, it may be prudent to make an employee aware in the most diplomatic form possible that his future at the company is fading. There are some poor performing employees who are worth trying to rehabilitate. Not...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., firing, strategy; White papers
Advances in Low NOx Residual Oil firing for Boilers: Residual oil continues to be the fuel of choice for many industrial steam users while environmental regulations allow its use. However, new emissions regulations on NOx and SOx are requiring substantial improvements in emissions performance or it will be regulated out of existence. This paper discusses the results and effectiveness...; Tags: firing; White papers
Poll: firing Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It?: Poll: Firing Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It?RE: Poll: Firing Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It?If this person is really valuable to the company, it's important to show that to the boss. If you are the person's supervisor, certainly you have been tracking the person's performance, and can put together a case...; Tags: firing; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Top PR Crises of 2007: 2007 has been filled with big crises that presented PR challenges, from the Virginia Tech massacre to Don Imus to the NBA's gambling referee. PRWeek has done a nice job summing up the year in PR with its 2007 Book of Lists, including 10 PR Crises that...; Tags: PRWeek, Jon Greer, public relations, Don Imus, referee, Virginia Tech, NBA, firing; Blog posts 2007-12-31
How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You Back: Donald Trump makes it look easy, but the words you're fired are always difficult to say. Here's how to let an employee go the right way, breaking the news firmly but gently so you can get your team back on track. Treat Dismissal As an...; Tags: Jennifer Alsever, firing, worker, Human Resources, performance review, termination, performance, litigation, consulting, team, training, leader, strategy, environment, job; Articles 2007-03-20
Jennifer Happillon: Secrets of Executive Search: In the last 10 years, Jennifer Happillon has executed senior-level executive and CEO searches for the likes of Disney, HBO and Yahoo. The firm she works for, Morgan Samuels Company, is one of the top twenty executive search firms in the U.S. Here, she explains how to find the...; Tags: HBO, Disney, Jennifer Happillon, Dog And Pony, Morgan Samuels, executive search, placement, firing, Hiring, Firm, Search, Executive, search firms, Yahoo; Videos 2007-10-08
firing Shouldn't Be as Painful as We Make It: One of the toughest aspects of managing a team is having to let a team member go, especially a long-standing one. When you have spent the time training someone, gotten used to their personality foibles and signed their birthday card with clever little witticisms a few times, it becomes tougher...; Tags: Team management, Honesty, firing, Jeff Palfini, team, team member, job; Blog posts 2007-10-12
Tales from the firing Line: Tales from the Firing Linefiring employees1-what is your opnion regarding a bad manager trying to depress his employee and drive him crazy.2-he is not fair with his employee3-he is liarhow could you deal with him?please tell memohsamhef@yahoo.comFiringsThe terms fired, terminated, downsized, etc, are different but equal ways of reducing employees....; Tags: firing, BAD BOSS; Discussion threads 2007-03-27
firing and the Law: Firing and the LawFiring and the LawDear sir,i really appreciate this because its very nice and right now i m on the place where i need such a nice article.Message has been deleted.UK relevanceDear Sir,I find your article very interesting, but would like to see if you have information on...; Tags: firing, Michaela, Dear Sir; Discussion threads 2007-03-26
How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You Back: How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You BackNow we knowThanks for the guidance - now I can work with my lawyer to set up an argument for planned constructive dismissal.Its the best thingSometimes one of the best things you can say to an employee, is 'This could be the...; Tags: Workforce management, Leadership, termination, leader, Holding, firing; Discussion threads 2007-03-27
Lack of Employee Training Can Hurt Small Businesses: Hiring an employee without providing them with proper training is like sending a soldier into battle without any bullets in his gun. Either way, your small business is going to be firing blanks. That's the lesson many small businesses have learned the hard way by not preparing their workers for...; Tags: Workforce management, small business, training, firing, hiring, worker; White papers 2007-01-01